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词汇 put-upon
释义 put upon
adjective
 informaluk /ˈpʊt ə.pɒn/ us /ˈpʊt̬ ə.pɑːn/
having to do more than is fair in order to allow other people to get what they want in a situation: 被利用的;被使唤的
I don't mind helping them, but I can't help feeling a little put upon.我不介意帮他们,但难免感到有点被利用了。
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put-upon | American Dictionary


put-upon
adjective
 infmlus/ˈpʊt̬·əˌpɑn/
treated unfairly by others who want you to help them:
Parents often feel put-upon by the school fund-raisers.

Examples of put upon


put upon
It will be quite impossible to hold the wage pause if further demands are putupon family incomes.
Considerable strain, however, has been putupon the networks through which non-food resources are shared.
For those especially interested in music, the book provides some radically sceptical views of the ways in which ideological ' ' spins ' ' have been putupon jazz and later popular forms.
It is simply not right that small local companies providing very local or regional services should have these burdens putupon them.
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I should not have thought this an onerous obligation to putupon them.
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I believe that what really worries them is that they feel that the wrong interpretation was putupon these events from the very beginning.
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He confirmed that a wrong interpretation had been putupon his words and issued a most helpful statement.
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No doubt that would be an appropriate place for forging the chains which certain forms of government might putupon us.
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It is time that the whole of that landlord and tenant law was codified and putupon a proper basis.
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What they want is to be putupon a financial and economic footing which will enable them to compete in the world.
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I think that is the only construction that can be putupon the statement that was made.
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He knows nothing, and can know nothing, of the limitations which are putupon him as to what news he may or may not send.
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Will there be the same tariff putupon.
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It has been made a matter of contested elections, and the pressure putupon popular representatives over the matter of pensions has been enormous.
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He, therefore, gave way to the pressure that was putupon him.
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